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Murray: 'D'Sqn. 2SAMR, OC 'D'Sqn. 2ACH.
Newbury1: Zulu War 17th Lancers, SA 1897 Jubilee Contingent 2SAMR, WW1 AIF Major.
Roe: not found on AIF roll.
URL3: not found in AIF Embarkation Roll.
B5207: aged 40 next of kin from Kensington Park SA, 1 year 141 days 2SAMR.
Roe: sailed from Port Natal for Aust. aboard the 'Norfolk' 9.7.1902.
B4418: soldier aged 40 from HQ Staff Adelaide SA, born in ?Habbuley Valley Eng. next of kin wife in Kensington Park SA, 1 year 141 days 2nd SA Contingent.
URL5: biography and sketch.
URL7: W DE PASSEY Major 17th Lancers Zulu War 1879 and 2nd Boer War, at Veterans' Reunion in S. Aust. 25.5.1918.
URL8: obituary, died at Kent Town SA 16.6.1942.
URL9: It was decided to hold an annual commemoration service - probably in the Town Hall - and a committee was appointed, consisting of Col. HUMPHRIS, Capt. DE PASSEY, Capt. WATT, Lieuts. EDMUNDS, SIEKMANN, HEMING, WELLS, HENDERSON and Sgts.-Mjr. COOKE and A EDGE, with power to add to their number.
URL10: The undermentioned officers, who served in South Africa with various contingents from this State, have been gazetted as entitled to the honorary rank mentioned - To be honorary major, Captain FW HURCOMBE; to be honorary captains, Lieutenants (medical staff) FD JERMYN, GJR WALTER, FM ROWELL, JRB O'SULLIVAN, W DE PASSEY, and EJF LANGLEY DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, LH LOVELY and F LAYCOCK. Officers who on appointment were not serving, and who are not now serving in the military forces of Australia - To be honorary captains, Honorary Lieutenants AE COLLINS DSO, HJ RUSSELL, SC MCFARLANE DSO, EA ROBERTS and HA REID DSO; to be honorary lieutenants, M IVES, FJ DOUGLAS, AW JOHNSON, SA WHITE, WJ PRESS, JT DEMPSEY, HA TOLMER, JH SHEARER, F MUIR, DW BROCK, N CAMPBELL, HL KEKWICK, HJ RUSSELL, FO THORN, GG AYLIFFE, TW GLIEMANN, WCN WAITE, WA NUNNELEY, S BLUE, GH COSSINS, AK HARVEY, NW STIRLING, HE FRANCIS, JD TOLMER, RA HAMILTON, GE CATCHLOVE, CFM JOHNSON, HLSB OGILVY, FC SEIKMANN, AVW WATSON, J DOWNER, G DE REYHER, BT WARD, RCH WALKER, WF SPENCER and LL REID. To be veterinary lieutenant, JL BURNS.
Ad. Advertiser: The transport Norfolk, one of the neatest, cleanest, and best of the boats that have been engaged in conveying troops to and from South Africa, came to anchor off Largs Ray late on Wednesday night [30.7.1902]. In addition to several hundreds of troops for the eastern States, there were on board the undermentioned South Australians - OFFICERS - Captain W DE PASSEY, Captain and Adjutant EA ROBERTS, Captain AE COLLINS DSO, Surgeon- Captain JERMYN, Lieutenant FO THORN, Lieutenant HLSB OGILVY, Lieutenant CFM JOHNSON, Lieutenant FC SIEKMAN, Lieutenant PH PRIESTLY.
Ad. Advertiser: Captain W DE PASSEY of the South Australian Headquarters Staff, has been selected for the important position of staff officer of the local Mounted Rifles Brigade. Captain DE PASSEY has risen from the ranks by sheer merit. For years, in his capacity as instructor, he trained the members of the Mounted Rifles, and when the Second Contingent was being organised, he was selected by Brigadier-General GORDON to accompany the troops as sergeant-major. He rendered a good account of himself in South Africa, and was rewarded by promotion to a lieutenancy on the field. Although there was a proposal that he should not retain his commission, but should return to his former rank when he came back to the State, the military authorities capitulated to public opinion; and subsequently he was made a captain, and gazetted commanding officer of the South Australian portion of the First Commonwealth Contingent. Captain DE PASSEY will enter upon his new duties forthwith.
Albany Adv.: Lieut.- Colonel MCLEISH was the officer commanding on the ship [Norfolk at Albany 25.7.1902], and there were also on board - Second Battalion Commonwealth Horse, Major TIVEY, Captains, ROBERTS, BRUCHE, PENDLEBURY, KIRBY, DE PASSEY, Lieutenants BARNARD, ANDREWS, THORNE, LEIKMANN, JOHNSON, GARLAND, OGILVY, CAHILL, PRESS, SANDFORD, POWELL and THOMPSON. Rev. J MCINERNEY (chaplain) and 414 of other ranks. 4th Battalion Commonwealth Horse - Major PATTERSON and Captain COLLINS and 54 of other ranks.
Register: Masonic Farewell to Capt. DE PASSEY - At the meeting of the Mostyn Lodge, No. 18, SAC, held in the lodgeroom, Flinders street, on Wednesday evening [5.2.1902], the
occasion was taken to bid farewell to Capt. DE PASSEY, WM, on the eve of his departure for South Africa. Two years ago when he left for South Africa as sergeant major he occupied the position of SW, and now has been elevated to the WM's chair. ...
Register: Capt. W DE PASSEY (line drawing), leader of the South
Australian section of the first Commonwealth contingent, has been a soldier from
his youth, having enlisted at the age of 18 in the 5th Lancers, and subsequently served with the 17th lancers in the Zulu war, for which he possesses a medal and clasp. He has since 1887 been drill instructor to
the South Australian forces. He was among those who formed the contingent
which went to London in connection with the festivities of the Queen's Jubilee. He has also served 15 months with the second contingent in South Africa, working on the veldt from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort on Lord ROBERTS's march back to Pretoria, and afterwards in the Godwin Valley district, where he remained five months in charge of a detachment of South Australians, at the front. He has the respect and esteem of every member of the force under his command, and is every inch a soldier.
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